| Show Nu nurseries meries of crime some of the testimony presented yest yesterday erda in the investigation of the affairs athe of alie state prison is calculated to dispel several of the allu aiom siom connected with what should ho be our ref reformatory orvator ansti institution it atio n the testimony mony was lt that of a careful business I man who is working convict coni labor on contract and i not influenced one way or the other by sentimentality he hasas says in effect that tho the state prison is is a nursery of f crime themen the men who w ho commit homicide rarely return but burg burglars hirs and thieves and other criminals are constantly reappearing tile jails and our house of correction Correct iOD according to tho the same authority arc are frequently places where criminals graduate graduate They pass from the high school chool of the house of correction to the university at san quentin these criminals are tire not the ignorant and illiterate people the th eyare yare generally supposed to be tile he witness in question stated that they nearly all can read Th the house cHouse of correction in this city was estad lishco at the suggestion of some philanthropic persons but as a r reformatory f institution it has bas been a n total failure it is a heavy drain on the treasury and nothing more that it is discharging the function in I so many cases of a pre preparatory school for the penitentiary has aas long been known so convinced were the finance committee commit tee ef of tho the siper supervisors per visors of its chatin that in the report recently made by mr ste stetson csoll f from rom that body the superior judges who are believed to have the power were earnestly im fortuned por POrt tuned to send no more prisoners there so that the institution might be alleged al low cd to die out quietly when we get some legislation on the subject it can be turned into a conaty jail which appears to be much needed san Eran francisco cisco bulletin |
